Ewan Klein, Author at BANZAI Edinburgh

Across Europe, nature is making a dramatic recovery – could Scotland be next?

On Thursday 9th May, 6:30 pm, BANZAI will be showing a new documentary: Why Not Scotland? The screening will be held at Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, 70 Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, EH10 4JU. Event Details 6.30 pm: Doors open7.00 pm: Film (60 mins)8.00 pm: Discussion and close The event is free but ticketed. Please register on Eventbrite. There […]

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Illustration of a colourful cargo bike with four passengers

BANZAI Cargo Bike Community Event

Event, Transport / Ewan Klein

Have you ever wondered what it is like to ride a cargo bike? Now is your chance! Come along to the Bruntsfield cargo bike event on Saturday 23rd September, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm — organised by BANZAI in collaboration with Cargo Bike Movement. There will be something for all ages: The event will take

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Home Energy and Retrofit Meeting — a brief update

2 Comments / Net Zero / Ewan Klein

On 20th June, we held a very successful public meeting on Home Energy and Retrofit. About 40 people attended, roughly half of whom were residents of Bruntsfield. Others came from further afield, including most parts of Edinburgh — Marchmont, Morningside, Tollcross, Polwarth, Meadows, Southside, The Grange, Leith, Duddingston, Portobello, Willowbrae, Bellevue, Comiston and Meadowbank. Questions

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Home Energy and Retrofit Meeting, 20 June 2022

1 Comment / Event, Net Zero / Ewan Klein

We will be holding a public meeting on the topic of Home Energy and Retrofit, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm, Monday 20th June, at Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, 70 Leamington Terrace,=. The Retrofit Challenge Home energy and retrofit present major challenges, both for individuals and for society as a whole. This public meeting will focus on

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Ewan’s Dig-It-Yourself pond

1 Comment / Gardening / Ewan Klein

I had a vague aspiration for many years to make a small pond in our (shared) back garden. In 2021, I finally got around to making it happen and mistakenly thought it would work best if I could just sink a smallish container into the ground. However, after a couple of failed attempts, I did

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Sustainable Community Café 2022

Event / Ewan Klein

You are warmly invited to a community event on Saturday, 5 March, 2.00 – 4.00 pm: the Sustainable Community Café, in the Upper Hall, Bruntsfield Evangelical Church. It will be a welcome opportunity to catch up with each other (and make new friends!) as we emerge from winter and the ups-and-downs of Covid. There will

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Our first street Spring Clean

Event / Ewan Klein

Despite the very un-springlike weather of gusty winds and cold drizzle, nine of us gathered together for the first Leamington Terrace Spring Clean. We had already advertised the date — Saturday 5th February — and decided to persevere with our plan, albeit with some misgivings. The initiative emerged from the GatE group, inspired in part

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